The shooting occurred at around 4:20 p.m. local time (21:20 GMT) on Sunday in a McDonald's parking lot in the 3200 block of West Roosevelt Road, according to Chicago police.
The girl and her father were in a car when two people got out of another vehicle and started shooting at them, the Chicago Sun-Times said. The girl was shot at multiple times and was taken to Stroger Hospital where she was pronounced dead, police said as cited by the newspaper.
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The girl's father remains at Stroger Hospital in serious condition.
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The motive behind the shooting remains unclear.
